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Show Answers to Test Test Your Wits 1. The watt is tne unit of electrical elec-trical power and is equal to the product of the volts, or pressure. I times amperes or rate of flow; 746 watta equal one horsepower of mechanical me-chanical energy. 2. The United States purchased Alaska from Russia in 1867 for , $7,200,000. 3. Princess Elisabeth Alexandra, Mary, 11, and Princess Margaret Rose, T, are ths children of the king and queen of England. 4. Augustus, who reigned from 31 B. C. to 14 A. D.. and Tiberius (14 A. D. to 37 A. D.) were Roman emperors during the life of Christ. 8. Absolute zero the point at which theoretically all gases become be-come solids and molecular motion ceases is 459.6 degrees below zero Fahrenheit, and 273.18 degrees below be-low zero Centigrade. |